tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post3223052530750536017..comments2017-08-16T23:37:24.234-07:00Comments on Mini-Microsoft: Skype? Steve Ballmer Discovers a Way to Obliterate Eight and a Half Billion Microsoft Shareholder Dollars!Who da'Punkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205453956191063442noreply@blogger.comBlogger574125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-62494221545696691672014-07-18T21:16:28.023-07:002014-07-18T21:16:28.023-07:00Maybe it&#39;s time for a class action against Mic...Maybe it&#39;s time for a class action against Microsoft? For those of you that have lost their jobs today... Were you shown the door while the H1-B guest workers were kept? I would think a decent HR attorney might be able to make a case for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-54485400003687112952011-09-15T04:47:13.721-07:002011-09-15T04:47:13.721-07:00&quot;Honestly, you couldn&#39;t pay for entertain...&quot;Honestly, you couldn&#39;t pay for entertainment better than this.&quot;<br /><br /><i>You need to get a life if this is the best form of entertainment you can think of. The success or failure of MS directly affects 90K employees and their families, another 50K contractors and their families, and a collection of partners, suppliers, and downstream beneficiaries (including major charities) that number in the millions.</i><br /><br />You make your bed, you lie in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-10170671246302985862011-08-17T22:04:29.268-07:002011-08-17T22:04:29.268-07:00Time for new post. Annual coupon clipping season h...Time for new post. Annual coupon clipping season has begun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-29614809601891747182011-08-09T15:56:45.912-07:002011-08-09T15:56:45.912-07:00Re: &quot;Does managers know what I am doing? Like...Re: &quot;Does managers know what I am doing? Like amount of time I spend on Browsing. That is what me and some of co&#39;s are doing these days.&quot;<br /><br />Yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-667439522907012522011-08-08T00:15:02.241-07:002011-08-08T00:15:02.241-07:00Does managers know what I am doing? Like amount of...Does managers know what I am doing? Like amount of time I spend on Browsing. That is what me and some of co&#39;s are doing these days.<br />Please share.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-19566082019471912052011-07-21T08:56:58.508-07:002011-07-21T08:56:58.508-07:00I don&#39;t know why the pay increase mail should ...I don&#39;t know why the pay increase mail should be sent to whole of MS when increase is not for all employees of Microsoft. Is this piss off people who did not receive increase encouraging them to get out ?<br /><br />This is ridiculously stupid of mgmt playing the dividing game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-32958514536775378522011-07-21T07:05:49.634-07:002011-07-21T07:05:49.634-07:00Well when things like this happen i wonder what wi...Well when things like this happen i wonder what will happen with dedicated voip services like Axvioce ViaTalk and others.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-456474393155866312011-07-21T00:38:23.246-07:002011-07-21T00:38:23.246-07:00Way too many people who are negative on MS on this...Way too many people who are negative on MS on this blog. 3 reasons why I&#39;m bullish on MS for the first time in years:<br />1. With WP7 (Mango), and now Windows 8, we&#39;re completely transforming the UI from a functional UI to an object based UI where the app such as Facebook is abstracted. You want to see your and your family&#39;s photo albums on WP7? No need to open Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, etc. Go to Photos, select family, and seamlessly see all of the photos and photo albums they&#39;ve posted regardless of what service. Lots more of that kind of thinking. With Win 8 and XBox following the same trend, we could easily become &#39;Cool&#39; again within 2 to 3 years. Watch a few of the Win 8 videos out there to understand more.<br /><br />2. We&#39;ve finally figured out that our apps don&#39;t have to run only on Widnows and the world doesn&#39;t all run on Windows (took long enough). Notice that in WPC last week we announced that Systems Center can control phones from every major OS - iPhone, Android, Blackberry, WP7, etc., not just Windows Phones. Same with slates, same with PC platforms. Bing is being released for all platforms. Office is being worked on solidly for Mac - almost as much as it is for PC. SharePoint no longer requires only PC&#39;s, etc. This is a huge step forward.<br /><br />3. Kevin Turner at least appears to have finally figured out that MS employees are not equivalent to Walmart cashiers, and you can&#39;t replace them overnight with another cashier who can be trained in 24 hours. Suddenly they&#39;re actually making some effort to retain people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-75611648013976729132011-07-21T00:31:39.102-07:002011-07-21T00:31:39.102-07:00Mini- I respectfully disagree with you and others ...Mini- I respectfully disagree with you and others who share your opinion on the Skype purchase:<br />1. Skype has a huge userbase - especially outside of the US. Everyone of my friends and family uses it and loves it. Ask anyone who has family overseas and is even remotely technical - they use Skype to talk to them.<br />2. This is one you missed completely - Skype has more agreements with providers all over the world for calls that can be made from Skype to land lines - through land line providers or to cell phones through cell providers. We immediately acquire those agreemtns.<br />2. Skype has technology for Video and VOIP that is complimentary and in many ways better than what we have in either Lync or Live Messenger. It&#39;s particularly better in lower bandwidth scenarios that frequently occur outside of the US. <br /><br />Put those 3 together and this acquisition makes a lot more sense than what you&#39;re making it out to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-7757717722250302762011-07-17T16:07:35.918-07:002011-07-17T16:07:35.918-07:00I am finally leaving Microsoft after years and yea...I am finally leaving Microsoft after years and years of good times, then some &#39;meh&#39; times, then recently a bad manager who has decided that I am worthless (despite a very strong track record and great peer feedback) and there is nothing I can do about it. It broke my heart to realize the company I have worked so hard for just doesn&#39;t care that the rats are leaving the sinking ship as fast as they can. (Yes, that makes me a rat, I know). I made a few calls and within six weeks got at offer from one of the tech neighbors for significantly more than I have been making. I am now kicking myself for waiting so long to make the move and sticking around hoping that things would improve. They won&#39;t.<br /><br />I miss the old Microsoft. I won&#39;t miss the politics, the forced 10% bucket, the inept HR people, the stealth layoffs, the stagnant stock price, and the 60% of market salary. The stellar benefits are going away anyways, you know?<br /><br />For those of you still drinking the koolaid: You have options. Don&#39;t continue to beat the dead horse; there are other companies who will pay you a lot more for your hard work. Once you stop drinking the koolaid the world looks very, very different. I encourage you to take a look at what&#39;s out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-32926991891058036842011-07-17T09:18:28.416-07:002011-07-17T09:18:28.416-07:00Now that our management has canned ISU and Company...Now that our management has canned ISU and Company Meeting, guess what&#39;s next. While I am all for cutting wasteful expenditure, I am totally fed up with the present approach of replacing one kind of wastage with another. For example we have an unspecified number of people dedicated to administrative affairs with somwhat cryptic role titles like Sales Excellence analyst/Lead, Business Analyst, Director Strategy, fiscal accountabilty lead etc.. My own hypothesis is that these exist purely for people in senior management roles to cover up their incompetence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-82899293517467827642011-07-15T08:38:15.527-07:002011-07-15T08:38:15.527-07:00where did u disappear miniwhere did u disappear miniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-90905652012680186842011-07-13T23:01:39.945-07:002011-07-13T23:01:39.945-07:00For all the talk about Kinect selling like hotcake...For all the talk about Kinect selling like hotcakes, what is there to do on it? Play River Adventure again? It&#39;s a year later and the games for it still suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-67845960716497574882011-07-13T11:52:46.094-07:002011-07-13T11:52:46.094-07:00I was at the company for a decade and recently lef...I was at the company for a decade and recently left. I was reorg’ed to the Windows Live team before I left. I have always had good review and no performance issues and leaving was my choice. One previous poster said he was sad to see morale so low. I have to agree and it is the process that they have in place to reward bad behavior and adds unnecessary anxiety. HR needs a wakeup call and Steve needs to take a long walk off a short peer. I have to say out of all the Divisions I have worked for Windows Live is by far the most @$!$ up. I feel bad for anyone who has to endure such a lack of direction and forced to play in band while the Titanic is slowly easing itself into the icy waters. I have to say that although I value the company’s contribution to my family and my personal accomplishments I am SO GLAD to be out of that BS, unnecessary, pressure cooker of an environment. My advice to anyone feeling unhappy when they go home or tired of the BS; leave! There is plenty out there and the grass for me was greener on the other side. Microsoft has a by design method of making everyone “feel” like they are 10%’ers and that culture breads so much negative narcissism and insecurity that eventually it becomes your norm and you actually start to feel it. I hope the company changes and adapts with a better corporate culture. There is a lot of great talent there and it was an honor to spend the time I did there. <br /><br />Best Wishes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-24881537863654988282011-07-12T20:23:29.550-07:002011-07-12T20:23:29.550-07:00Resign now and negotiate a larger signing bonus wi...Resign now and negotiate a larger signing bonus with the new company. What&#39;s coming down the pipeline is not worth waiting around for.<br /><br />+1<br /><br />Management is just stringing people out. I see so many employees that think something eventually will come their way.<br /><br />Whatever you think you are waiting for, ain&#39;t coming people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-59836419439151454832011-07-10T10:53:34.750-07:002011-07-10T10:53:34.750-07:00Layoffs happening in India, and this is no rumor o...Layoffs happening in India, and this is no rumor or joke. All A/10s are being asked to move out with 6 weeks of notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-61824764751019386822011-07-08T16:43:44.263-07:002011-07-08T16:43:44.263-07:00Interesting article (and comments)on keeping your ...Interesting article (and comments)on keeping your Engineers happy when growing the company<br />http://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-earth-%e2%80%93-soda%e2%80%99s-are-no-longer-free/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-61288615792544394782011-07-08T08:30:05.014-07:002011-07-08T08:30:05.014-07:00Mini -
Where have you gone? We&#39;re right in the...Mini -<br />Where have you gone? We&#39;re right in the thick of the new review process and no comments on how that is going? Would you please allow comments to go through so we can share? - ThxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-12805115361173410502011-07-06T15:22:20.596-07:002011-07-06T15:22:20.596-07:00... MS-DOS (aka PowerShell, makes no money),
Bwah...<i> ... MS-DOS (aka PowerShell, makes no money),</i><br /><br />Bwahahahahahahahahah!<br /><br />Perhaps not right now, but to paraphrase The Jefferson Starship, &#39;We Built This Company With MS-DOS&#39;. Google QDOS for its pre-acquisition name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-55886503743577975352011-07-05T16:07:02.234-07:002011-07-05T16:07:02.234-07:00Hank Vigil leaving. One less snout at the trough.Hank Vigil leaving. One less snout at the trough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-48266259678735542422011-07-04T20:19:33.314-07:002011-07-04T20:19:33.314-07:00I absolutely fail to understand why we have Sr. Le...I absolutely fail to understand why we have Sr. Level (&gt;L63) marketing roles that have no accountability for revenues or products or even scorecard metrics and don&#39;t have any budgets either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-52173380435462795322011-07-04T20:14:17.154-07:002011-07-04T20:14:17.154-07:00Why do we need Skpe ...for such a huge cost..?
Bil...Why do we need Skpe ...for such a huge cost..?<br />BillG come back..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-10917114324826205812011-07-03T21:33:34.956-07:002011-07-03T21:33:34.956-07:00Ballmer comments at a civic-group luncheon at the ...Ballmer comments at a civic-group luncheon at the Seattle Westin on 6/29/11:<br /><br />&quot;You tell me if I lack energy, conviction or we&#39;re not driving all the change we need to drive,&quot; Ballmer shouted after a lunch attendee asked for his reaction to an investor&#39;s call for his resignation.<br /><br />&quot;If you cut me open and saw what was inside? Windows,&quot; Ballmer said. &quot;It&#39;s just Windows, Windows, Windows.&quot;<br /><br /> - Seattle Times, 6/30/11<br /><br />So now you know where the company culture comes from . . . and why it won&#39;t be changing anytime soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-56070323544049671382011-07-03T21:03:12.385-07:002011-07-03T21:03:12.385-07:00six years ago when I joined microsoft, we still ha...six years ago when I joined microsoft, we still had a few people (not the partner/GM variety but truely leader like seniors, managers and colleagues) whom we could look up to as leaders and even role models. Six years and many disasters later all we see are hardened corporate politicans, their side kicks and shifty survivors whose single most important motivation is to keep their fat paychecks intact and let the business go to the dogs. Such is the leadership of Ballmer era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-3985863137257059752011-07-02T02:13:26.388-07:002011-07-02T02:13:26.388-07:00Did anyone notice that the FY2012 Benefits mail th...Did anyone notice that the FY2012 Benefits mail that went out yesterday had a link to (for the first time) the official severance policy? Is that some foreshadowing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com